Study Finds That "Extreme Gamers" Play 48 Hours a Week

An anonymous reader writes "Think you're a big gamer? According to a new study from market research firm NPD Group, to be considered among the real hardcore you'll need to play an average of 48.5 hours a week — nearly seven hours a day. This group of gamers is, on average, '29 years old, and — perhaps surprisingly — one-third of them are female. They're more likely to play on consoles than on the PC, and on average they've purchased 24 titles in the past three months — a bill that could easily run over a thousand dollars. But dedicated though they may be, the Extreme Gamers are just a small minority: a mere 4% of the US's 174-million-strong gaming public. '"

Comments

Pfft

[kiwizoid]

Amateurs.

$1000?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm not a hardcore player, but I play League of Legends for about 3-4 hours a day every day. It cost me... nothing. The game is free. Don't waste your money on any games this year, just get on my level and LoL.

www.leagueoflegends.com

48 hours?

[santax]

Pff sissies, I play that every day.

Re:48 hours?

[Velorium]

Love the informative rating on this.

Re:48 hours?

[pcolaman]

Only Chuck Norris and Jack Bauer could play 48 hours a day. I hear that Jack Bauer plays 24 48 hours a day. Too bad it was a shitty game.

Re:48 hours?

[f3rret]

Your time warping skills are impressive, do you give lessons?

I've tried drinking a lot of red bull but I still have not been able to bend the very fabric of time to my will and it saddens me.

Re:24 games in the past 3 months?

[skine]

Apparently several tons of people disagree with you.

FTFY

Re:I know it's silly to ask, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

168 - 48 (work) = 120 - (8 hours * 7 days) (sleep) = 64 - 48 (gaming) = 16 hours for life

16 hours of life around slashdot crowds is something to brag about.

Re:Only 48 Hours?

[Anonymous Coward]

WTF do they think their flat screen is??

A waste of a perfectly good computer monitor?

Re:I have few friends (I bet that's true!)

[cblack]

Whatever n00bs, this whole "I have few friends" thread is lame.

perhaps surprisingly -- one-third of them are fema

[Hognoxious]

perhaps surprisingly -- one-third of them pretend to be female online.

FTFY.

Re:Pfft yourself!

[Lord_of_the_nerf]

FYI, I chose to stop that raid schedule when I was struggling to wake up each morning....

I chose to stop when I realised the smell I complained about to my landlord was me.

Re:Pfft yourself!

[pcolaman]

But dude, they are about to release a new expansion!

Re:24 games in the past 3 months?

[pcolaman]

Well played, but I counter with the unbeatable "Your mom"

Re:Pfft yourself!

[Custard Horse]

Dad? Where have you been? I've been worried.

Re:Feh to your pitiful hardcore Definition

[Bugamn]

Slashdot is a game. A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

you aren't an extreme gamer

[circletimessquare]

until you've bought your first pack of adult diapers

Re:perhaps surprisingly -- one-third of them are f

[Anonymous Coward]

haha.. no kidding.. I'm a 200lb buck-toothed, coke-bottle glasses wearing 39yr old. My avatar is from a set of pics from a local photography meetup group (including a variation on the model's name). When you Google my screen name pictures of this model shows up instead of my fat ass. I get emails every few hours from guys telling me that I'm not like other girls they know (wow, is that ever true).

Re:Feh to your pitiful hardcore Definition

[soppsa]

Mommy and daddy surely, like so many of these life-gamers.